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RAILWAY JOINT-CHAIR.

Application filed September 16, 1907.

To all whom it 'may concern.:

Be it known that l, CALAWAY HERNDON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wagoner, Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Joint- Chairs, ot which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to railway jointchairs, and provides means tor connecting the meeting ends of railway rails and holds the meeting ends securely abutted against each other so firmly and accurately that their linear lines, side and top, exactly correspond, thus doing away with any jarring or jolting of the wheels at the meeting ends of the rails. j

My invention consists of certain features ot" construction, ment ot' parts as are fully set out and described in this specification and the claims hereunto appended, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification.

My invention may be a malleable casting, or it may be ot spring metal, such as steel or the like. It may 'be made ol a solid sheet forced into proper shape, as shown in F igure 3.

Fig. 1, is a top plan view of my railway joint-chair, the rails in place. Fig. 2, is a cross sectional viewxon the line :c fr, ol' Fig. l. Fig. 3, is a perspective view of my invention.

ln describing my invention I read the drawings from lett to right.

My invention is described as follows :f-

The base l, is perfectly level, top and' bottom surfaces. Running Jfrom each ,edge of said base inwardly, and inclining upwardly, are flanges T he inner edges of these flanges are turned perpendicularly upwardly, forming fish-plates 3, leaving a space between i accommodate the webs ot the rails. The space lett inthe joint-chair just exactly fits the shape of the web, base, and flanges of the rails, so that there may be no giving or strain trom want ot proper tit when the train passes, and in order that the rails may be easily and conveniently thrust into the. ends ol' my jointchair, the ends ol' sai-d chair aro llared, torming in each end an open mouth l. The tishplates 3, of said chair are provided with boltholes 5, to accommodate bolts that pass through the elongated holes in the web ol' the rails. Passing vertically through the base l and up through the flanges 9 ot' the chair,

combination and arrange-A lby Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 17", reos.

Serial No. 393,054.

are spike-holes 6, for the spikes -that are driven through them into the cross-tie to which said chair is secured.

The flanges 7, ol the rails, as will be see reference to Fig. l, extend a little outwardly, beyond the inner walls of saidspikeholes, so that when the spikes are driven home, they impinge against the edges of said flanges, thus acting as a wel terially assists the {ish-plates in holding said rails in proper position, but as the edges of saidv rails are perfectly straight this does not prevent the rails from the motion caused by contraction and expansion, and in each edge and near each end ot the base are cut notches, or recesses 8, in which-'spikes iit that are driven into the cross-ties, and therefore as sist in holding the said plate 'firmly to the lcross-ties.

Although .l have speci'lically described the combination, construction and arrangement ol" the several mrts ot' my invention confine mysell particularly to such specific combination, construction and arrangement, as l claim the right to make such changes andinodilication therein as may clear, within the scope ot my invention, and which may be resorted to without departing from the spirit, or sacriiicing any of my patentable rights therein.

Having described my invent-ion, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-4

A railway' joint-chair, consisting of a base vl perfectly .flat on it-s top and bottom surbase provided at each edge, and

faces, said near each end, with a recess 8; flanges 2, extending from each edge ot' said base inwardly, and slightly upwardly, and fish-plates 3, provided with bolt-'holes 5,' extending vertically from the inner edges of said llanges, leaving between them space for the web oi' a railway rail, said flanges 2, and base l, provided with spike-holes G, their' inner sides extending so far inwardly as to allow the edges of the rail llanges to extend outwardly, a little beyond the inner' walls of saidv holes, said chair provided-at each end with alluring mouth, substantially as shown and dcscribed, and loi the purposes sel lorth.

vln testimony whereof l. allixY my signature in presence otl two witnesses.

CALANAY HERNDON.

, Witnesses:

CORNELIUS E. CASTLE, Ross S. D wmsoN the accommodation of lge, which mal do not ly fall 

